Improvement in bolting-reels



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN BUCK, OE HILLsBoEOUGH, OHIO.

IMPRQVEMEN IN BLTlNG-REELS.

` Specification forming part of vLetters Patent N o. 186,537, dated January 23, 1877 application filed October 12, 1876.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN BUCK, of Hillsborough, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in BOl-ting-Reel; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing', formin g part of this specification.

My invention is an improvement in boltingreels, relating` more particularly to the manner of connecting the cloth to the reel.

In reels of this class it is desirable to avoid all Obstructions O11 the inside of the reel, by which the free sliding motion Of the iour would be hindered in the revolution o f the apparatus. To accomplish this, as well as to ia- .l tion inFig. 2. The outer surface is convex and the inner surface plain, and atV right angles tothe arms. These constitute the inner part ofthe ribs. Over each of these is fitted an outer part, c, the under surface of `which is made concave to correspond with the convex surface Of the inner rib. The convexsurface Ofb is made on` a very much smaller radius than that of` theireel, andthe Outer rib is made wider than the inner, and, allowance being made for the interposed fabric,its edges must be such as to bring the cloth `down flush -with the inner surface of the rib b. The parts being so constructed, and the inner ribs b b being in place on the ends of `the arms, the cloth is placed over these inner ribs, being supported thereby and by the ends d d ofthe reel. As the rib b is formed on a short curve,

the cloth touches only at one line, as shown at fr, Fig. 3, and leaves spaces between itself and the edges of the rib. I then placeover the cloth, where it thus lies on the curved outer surfaces of the ribs, strips of ticking e e, and then put in place over them the ribs c e and screw them firmly in place. The edges of the ribs c bring down the cloth ush with the inner surface of the ribs b b, thereby stretching the cloth, and also leaving the whole inner surface of the reel unobstructed. This is clearly shown at c, Fig. 2.4 Care must be taken in adapting the outer part of the rib to the curve that the edges of the outer shall be such as to bring the cloth i down iinsh and close to 'the inner surface. [n this way also there is left no space between the ribs, and i the cloth is held securely in place by very simple and cheap constructions. The strips be-v ing clamped, there is no need that the tick` ing should be sewed to the cloth.

The inner surface of the rib, which is shown as Hat in the drawing, may be made concave, if desired. I have made them in both forms, and find that when concave the Hour slides as smoothly over the ribs as over the cloth itself. I claim as my inventionv l. In a bolting-reel, the combination of an inner rib having a convex Outer surface of thel cloth stretched thereupon, and of an outer cap extending substantially the entire length of the inner rib, and `of slightly greater width than the said inner-rib, so that when applied it brings the cloth down flush with the inner surface, as set forth.

2. The inner rib b formed with a convex outer surface of smaller radius than that Of the reel, in combination with an Outer cap made to iit the inner, and draw down and stretch the cloth, as set forth.

3. The combination of the ribs b and c, with the cloth and the interposed strips e, as set forth.

. MARTIN BUCK.

Witnesses: V 1

GEORGE E. EASTON, JACOB MERKLE. 

